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The Ladies-in-Waiting ("Las Meninas"), after Velázquez
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
about 1779–1785
Medium/Technique
Etching, tonal etching with burnishing, drypoint, and roulette, on laid paper (working proof)
Dimensions
Platemark: 40.5 x 32.5 cm (15 15/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 46 x 35.4 cm (18 1/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 46 x 35.4 cm (18 1/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1699
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 017, 1, 4; Delteil 005; Gassier and Wilson 107
DescriptionWorking proof, with addition of dark lavis or sulphur tint (H. 17, I, 4, but probably a fifth state).
Marks
Verso: MFA accession number in graphite
InscriptionsLater inscriptions: u.l. in brown ink: R 4000 and illgegible number; u.r., brown ink: illegible letter and "#"; Verso: in graphite, notation, "The British Museum purchased the late Cowley's impresion from Mess.s Colnaghi for [pounds] 21 om 1860; in graphite: MFA accession number
ProvenanceGeneral John Meade (d. 1849), Madrid (?).Valentín Carderera y Solano (b. 1796–d. 1880), Madrid; 1863, sold by Carderera to Sir William Stirling Maxwell (b. 1818–d. 1878), Keir House, Scotland; 1878, by inheritance to his son, Brigadier General Archibald Stirling (b. 1867–d. 1931), Keir House; 1931, by inheritance to his son, Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Stirling (b. 1911–d. 1983), Keir House; September 13, 1951, sold by William Joseph Stirling, through Colnaghi & Co., London and Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA.(Accession Date: September 13, 1951)